Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-12
TERRITORIAL NEWS.


for embezzlement of county funds, has
been dismissed by Judge Broderick
because the charge could not be sub
stantiated.
Tribune-Never was so much diff
Guilty experienced as at present to
employ day laborers. The order of
eastern things is reversed, and instead
of being two men to the job there are
two jobs to the man. Two men have
been trying to hire from six to eight
men for the past week, but they can't
even hire Cinnamon.
Inter-Idaho-The effects upon the
country through which the Presiden-
tial party travelled has been to give it
a great boom in business. Among
the millions who saw the President
and his wife, probably one million at
least travelled some distance in order
to do So Supposing that they spent
in railroad fares and hotel bills So
each, the sum thus put in circulation
would reach $5,000,000. The much
larger sum than this which they spent
among the merchants of the various
cities, as thrifty country folks always
do when they come to town, cannot
even be guessed at. They spent fully
100000 for photographs of the Pres
ident and his wife, and for badges,
medals and other souvenirs of the
trip. There were % vendors of this
sort of merchandise who followed the
Presidential party throughout the en-
tire journey, and many others who
were with it part of the time. One
of these % reported his sale at 65, 900
photographs and IL 900 medals.
Keystone-A telegram from San
Francisco Wednesday states that $50
600 of the first series of the county
bonds have been sold to capitalists
there. The bonds will bear interest
at the rate of seven per cent at which
figure it is fair to presume the re.
mainder of the series. amounting to
about $4,000, will be marketed.
Keystone The Idaho Forwarding
Company at this place was the sue
cessful bidder on the contract to fur
nish supplies to the Silver Star mine
and mill this winter. The bill will
amount to about $1,000 and is the
largest ever given ON the River by a
single corporation. The goods are
now being forwarded from the store
to destination.
Statesman-Eastern people know
but little about Idaho. In some sec
tions the people have scarcely heard
that there was such political divis
ion of the country and when it i:
mentioned the nearer stares, thinks :
moment and remembers that he ha!
seen the name sometime in news
paper. 1t is just coming into notice
Emigration is closing in upon us from
east and west and it is not at all i'm
probable that our population will b.
doubled during the next three years
Part of the immense emigration Il
California will eventually find it
way here.
Inter-Idaho-Two threshing ma
chimes have turned out $4,000 bush
els of small grain on Camas Prairi
this year. Nearly half of the CANA
Prairie grain was raised without irri
cation this year. That is a bette
showing than any other part of Idah
can make. Oats yielded as high a
80 bushels to the acre and wheat s.
bushels to the acre.
Occur d'Alene Record Within tn
next few months the President wi
have an opportunity to make three O
four lawyers happy by appointin
them to judgeships in Montana an
Idaho. The term of Judge Gailbrat
the only Republican on the Montan
bench, expires on the 7th of Januar
next, and Judge McLeary, also Q
Montana, appointed few months ag
from Texas, announces his intentio
to resign January LIST. The terms G
Judges Buck and Broderick, of thi
Territory expires next March. Th
general impression seems to be tbs
the President will pay very little a
tention to the numerous petition
praying for the appointment of ives
ern men. There are still thousand {
Democrats in the east and south VIII
feel that their political serqices hay
not been awarded according to the
just deserts, and out of that numbC
it will not be difficult to find three {